Maroon

#79000b

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for maroon, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Maroon, a vivid red sitting at 355 degrees on the wheel. Deep reds like this carry heritage and premium packaging well. Cool greens and deep navies calm it down, while warm creams let it stay the loudest thing on the page.

Maroon color values

Every conversion for #79000b, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#79000b

RGB121, 0, 11

HSL355, 100%, 24%

HSV355, 100%, 47%

CMYK0%, 100%, 91%, 53%

Lab23.96, 46.37, 31.49

XYZ7.95, 4.09, 0.69

Decimal7929867

Web safe#660000

Pantone1810 C

Shades of maroon

#70000a #670009 #5e0009 #550008 #4c0007 #430006 #3a0005 #310004 #280004 #1f0003

Tints of maroon

#9e000e #c30012 #e80015 #ff0e24 #ff3446 #ff5968 #ff7e8a #ffa3ab #ffc8cd #ffedef

Colors that go with maroon

Complementary#00796e Analogous#790048 Analogous#793200 Triadic#0b7900 Triadic#000b79 Split complementary#007932 Split complementary#004879

Maroon in print

A color this vivid sometimes sits just outside cmyk gamut, so expect a small dip in punch on paper. The cmyk build is 0, 100, 91, 53.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #79000b on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

0 100 91 53

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

4 96 88 59

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Maroon in css

Copy #79000b straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #79000b; }
.text { color: #79000b; }
.border { border: 2px solid #79000b; }

How maroon looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Maroon and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #79000b against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #79000b against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Maroon on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #79000b sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around maroon? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn maroon into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #79000b and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from maroon, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #79000b is computed, not guessed. We convert from sRGB to each space with the standard formulas, so the codes match what design tools show. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.